National Basketball Association
Alabama 88, Louisiana State 82
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 15, 2020
Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Olandis Poole, # John Hampton
Attendance:
12479
By Field Level Media
Kira Lewis Jr. and Jaden Shackelford led Alabama's 3-point barrage, and the Crimson Tide stemmed a late LSU rally to knock the No. 25 Tigers from the SEC lead with an 88-82 victory Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Lewis and Shackelford combined for nine triples as the Tide set a school record for 3-pointers in a season, going 13 of 35 for the game to raise their season total to 269. The 2015-16 team set the former mark of 259 3-pointers in 33 contests.
Lewis finished with a game-high 27 points and Shackelford added 26 for the Tide (14-11, 6-6 SEC), who won for just the second time in their last six outings.
The Tigers cut an 18-point second-half deficit to 79-78 with 1:35 to go. But Shackelford answered with a 3-pointer, and Alex Reese also hit a big shot from behind the arc with 39 seconds to go.
Making his second appearance with a cast on his injured left wrist, Herbert Jones scored just six points for the Tide, but he posted a career-high 17 rebounds and made a big difference on the defensive end, drawing three charges and finishing with a steal and two blocked shots.
Skylar Mays scored 24 points to lead the Tigers (18-7, 9-3), who lost for the third time in their last four games. Trendon Watford added 18 points before fouling out, and Javonte Smart had 16. Emmitt Williams had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Mays scored 20 points in the second half.
Alabama had runs of 10-0 and 10-1 in the first half to grab a 40-29 lead at the break despite shooting just 38.7 percent (12 of 31) from the field. LSU, however, was only 10 of 33.
Tide great Wendell Hudson, the school's first African-American scholarship athlete, was honored at halftime when his No. 20 jersey was retired, a school first in any Alabama sport.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Louisiana State |
|
Alabama |
|
Skylar Mays 24 |
Scoring |
Kira Lewis Jr. 27 |
|
Ja'vonte Smart 4 |
Assists |
Kira Lewis Jr. 4 |
|
Emmitt Williams 10 |
Rebounds |
Herbert Jones 17 |
|
Skylar Mays 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Galin Smith 6 |
|
Skylar Mays 3 |
Steals |
Kira Lewis Jr. 3 |
|
Charles Manning Jr. 1 |
Blocks |
Herbert Jones 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Louisiana State
|
82 |
43.3 |
11-27 |
13-17 |
11 |
39 |
4 |
9 |
12 |
| Alabama
|
88 |
42.4 |
13-35 |
19-26 |
15 |
39 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
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